Open AccessSperm-Storage Defects and Live Birth in Drosophila Females Lacking Spermathecal Secretory Cells
Author(s) -
Sandra L. Schnakenberg,
Wilfredo R. Matias,
Mark L. Siegal
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
plos biology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.127
H-Index - 271
eISSN - 1545-7885
pISSN - 1544-9173
DOI - 10.1371/journal.pbio.1001192
Subject(s) - biology , spermatheca , sperm , mating , female sperm storage , human fertilization , sperm motility , genetics , microbiology and biotechnology , andrology , zoology , sperm competition , medicine
Transgenic Drosophila are used to identify the functions of a small set of secretory cells that are typically associated with the sperm-storage organs of female insects.
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